Haiti News

January 27, 2013 Cela died last night. This sweet, small thirteen-year-old boy just couldn’t hold on any longer. When I saw him in the hospital in Cap-Haitien a few weeks ago, I was afraid that we were going to lose him. [...]

December 25, 2012 It’s the night before Christmas in Haiti. Not sure what I expected, but it is different than any “nights before Christmas” I’ve ever experienced before. Some of my fondest memories are of Christmases past, growing up in Portales, [...]

December 21, 2012 Hi Everyone! And you thought you were never going to hear from me again :)! I am so, so sorry that my blogging stopped for awhile. I'm back with "Typepad" for now, until we can change over to [...]

September 04, 2011 Hi Everyone! It's interesting how words are so misused in today's world, especially in advertising. Every time I hear or see an advertisement, I remind myself that someone is trying to "sell" me something. That isn't always a [...]

July 25, 2011 Hi Everyone, I just returned from several frustrating weeks in Haiti trying to get our clinic units released from customs in Cap-Haitien. After repeated promises that our shipments would be correctly classified as humanitarian aid and exempt from any [...]

June 14, 2011 I love the nuances of language, the meaning of words and the ways they work together. In Spanish, the word esperar has two very distinct and intertwined meanings ~ to hope, and to wait. Sometimes you must wait [...]

May 29, 2011 Dear friends, Easter Sunday morning, Lynn Ann's beautiful mother was admitted to the hospital. She had been taken there many times over the past 7 months, but this was to be her last trip. On May 4th she [...]

May 16, 2011 Dear Friends, On April 26th I was privileged to visit Hospitals of Hope in Wichita, Kansas. HOH is a wonderful ministry, directed by Dr. Michael Wawrzewski, that has been working around the world in medical missions for many [...]